Holly had a really bad stomach overnight and soiled her crate for the first time in ages. I went to bed at 3.15am and the patio doors were open until I went to bed. When Chris got up at 5.30am she'd vitually exploded all over her vet bedding She's also been 'explosive' all over the patio this morning in about 6 different areas.

I gave her a 1/4 of her normal amount of Nutro in an attempt to put something in her stomach to dry up the diahrroea and that seems to have worked. The problem is she's really unsettled and is rushing around yipping all the time - a lot more than normal. She's also shaking a lot and panting all the time. It's lovely and cool in the house but she's hardly been drinking.

Whenever she lies down she shudders and pants and looks very unsettled. She's all curled up in a ball and looks completely miserable.

We've got an oak tree in our garden and I'm concerned that she's been eating acorns - I read somewhere that this can upset dogs and cause problems.

Apart from chicken/rice is there anything else I can do to help settle her stomach? Would ginger help her?

Thanks,

Fiona
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Fiona

I would suggest phoning the vet and describing the symptoms and seeing if they want you to take her in.

In the meantime. Plenty of fluids and nothing to eat for 24 hours. Then start her back on something soft and tasty like small amounts of chicken and rice or scrambled egg, three or four times a day.

But. I would suggest getting advice from the vet first. After all, their advice is free.

Hope she gets better soon.

9th

Poor Holly,
can't offer much advice as I agree with 9th and would call a vet if she's really ill. Just wanted to say that I hope that she gets better soon.

I've called the vets - he's in with someone at the moment and will call me back when he's free (should be about 10mins) so I'll let you know what he says.

Fiona
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The vet wants me to keep her off her food for 24hrs and only give her clear fluids, after that start her on chicken/rice and then grasually introduce her Nutro over the next 5 days (it's it great when they tell you something you didn't already know )

He did also say that it's probably the acorns making her feel ill and that I've got to stop her from eating them and prod around in her diarrhoea for any acorn remains.

I'd love to know how I'm supposed to stop her from eating acorns when the oak tree is 10ft from our patio doors

Thanks for all you advice,

Fiona
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Fiona..#

Poor Holly, my India was sick this morning, but I think its because she pinched her sister's hide shoe, as well as eating hers !!

Hope Holly is better soon..

Natasha

My friend has gone through three pairs of flip flops this year so far because her dogs are chewing them up. She gets really p****d off!!! I don't know why as she has a cupboard full of hide shoes as well :D
It never ceases to amaze me

India usually nicks my mum's spongey corn things (for her feet) (gross) and that usually makes her sick...I suppose at least she is poorly over something "doggy" :D :rolleyes:

Natasha

Probably not the same thing but I tried corn plasters thinking I had a corn, put three on each little toe and ended up with second degree burns as they have acid in them and I didnt have corns !!!! Just thought I would say but I expect your mum's thingies are just the spongy things and not the corn plasters themselves.

Gina

Fiona, you should be an expert at prodding around in her poo by now, especially after the action man episode. I'm sure she'll be OK soon, they seem to pick up all sorts of things that lead to the squirts. A bit of drying out usually works wonders. Last time mine was loose, I took her to the vets, complete with stinking back quarters. He didn't look too happy about treating her, but he stuck the thermometer up, pulled it out, and she let loose big time I stood well back, trying to keep my dinner down, quickly paid the bill, then legged it.

Fiona

Baliey had an upset tummy about a month ago. I took him to the vet and he told me to starve him for 24hrs the start him in chicken & Rice etc. He also gave me some paste stuff that helps line the stomach and puts the good bacteria back again. Once he started on that he picked up really quickly again.

HTH

Tracy

Fiona

Hope Holly will be better soon. Hopefully just something that has disagreed with her tummy.

Lucy

Fiona,

My boy suffered a bout of gastro enteritis just recently. I gave him buscopan which I bought from the chemists, this is what the vet would have given him anyway except I only paid about £3 for the packet. Anyway buscopan is great for helping to stop any stomach cramps that he may have been suffering and therefore acting as a pain killer too. He's a large dog so I gave him 2 tablets three times a day for a day and a half then I dropped it down to one in the morning and one at night for 2 days.

For 24hrs he got nothing but water. After 24hrs I gave him a small feed of chicken, boiled rice and natural live yoghurt (the yoghurt is great as it contains all the good live bacteria that he would have lost), as he kept this down fine 2 hours later I gave him another small feed of the same, then again 2 hours later, then again 2 hours later. I kept him on this diet and on 4 then 3 meals a day for a total of 3 days, then I started to introduce his usual food on the 4th day and by 5th day he was back on his normal diet.

Are you able to check her temperature as if she is panting then that is often a sign of a fever/raised temperature. I checked my boy's temp but it was normal. Normal is 101.5 F

HTH and Holly is soon feeling better.

I don't have a mercury thermometer because of the children, but I used the ear digital one and it showed 101.5F.

Are the ears hotter or colder than the bum??

Fiona
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Did the vet see her or was it just advice over the phone?
If she is still uncomfortable in the morning I would call the
vat again. She may have something stuck inside her tum.
Poor woof.
Hope all works out well
Nutkin

I spoke to the vet on the phone. She's a lot better now and isn't panting as much. She's still not right but isn't as bad as she was this morning.

Fiona
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Glad she's feeling a bit better. Barney has a minor dose of the 'trots'. I think it could be the hot weather, sort of doggy sunstroke?
Gina x

Tracy that's why I use the natural live yoghurt to replace the good bacteria. I bet it's a fraction of the cost of the vet's paste

Having said that I wouldn't hesitate to call the vet for advice and if there was no improvement or symptoms were getting worse etc. then it's always best to get it checked out. If my boy hadn't kept his water down or brought back up the chicken, rice and yoghurt he would have been straight down to the vets surgery.

Hi Fiona,

My 2 are ill also. They have been unwell for 2 days they picked up but are ill again tonight I can't sleep and leave them. I am going to take them back to the vet tomorrow.

I hate to see them ill.

Clare I am going to get the Live yougurt and the other stuff you metioned ..Thanks

Pam

Hi Fiona, a couple of years ago my lot decided to eat acorns & all they got ill. The vet told me they are poisonous. They had never done it before or since & we`ve got lots of them,so if you see Holly eating them again tell her off & I would suggest if she gets the runs again don`t feed her to "help dry it up". Leave her 24hrs & start her on a light diet. My lot took about 3 days to get over it so she should be right as rain soon.
Christine2